New York's new World Trade Center opens for business today

New York&#039;s new World Trade Center opens for business today

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last updated 10 January 2015

Publisher Condé Nast moves in to the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center in New York City on Monday, officially reopening the complex destroyed 13 years ago in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Initially, only 170 or so of the company's 3,400 employees are moving into the building, Condé Nast tells The Associated Press, but another 3,000 will transfer over in early 2015.

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With the 104-story building finished, "the New York City skyline is whole again," says Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. "The opening of this iconic building is a major milestone in the transformation of Lower Manhattan into a thriving 24/7 neighborhood." And that's not hyperbole: Some 60,000 people live in New York's financial district now, or about three times the number before 9/11.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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